Author's Note

Here you go everyone, enjoy this story.

This chapter was proofread and approved by Yabuki and AWSMAndrew303. Enjoy.

A Scientific Valentine

The next day, Yabuki got up bright and early, for today is the day. Today is Valentine’s day. As Yabuki stood up and did his early morning stretches, he remembered that he promised Sunset that he would help cheer Twilight up and to make sure that she would have the best time ever. Even though she had recently broken up a relationship, it doesn’t mean a guy, who happens to be her friend, would want to help her out in her time of need.

He did make a promise, and he couldn’t bear to see Twilight hurt.

So after taking a shower, getting dressed, having some coffee before he left, he decided to walk to Twilight’s, considering that she doesn’t live very far from his house.

“Let’s see,” said Yabuki as he began to list things down “In case Twilight didn’t have any breakfast, I’ll take her to a diner nearby. She loves their pancakes, especially with the strawberries and whipped cream on top of them.”

He then chuckled, remembering that one time that he invited the girls over for breakfast at the diner when Sci-Twi ate with them the first time before their dance competition and when Sour Sweet and the others tried to copy their ideas. He liked Sour Sweet and her friends, he really does, but he was still miffed at them for trying to make the Rainbooms look like cheaters.

When they ate with him at the diner, they saw Twilight was exhausted because she did an all-night study binge again, which they told her it was unnecessary, considering that she once used to do that at Crystal Prep, but now that she’s at Canterlot High, she doesn’t need to go through all that anymore.

They saw how she was fast asleep and fell face first on top of her pancakes and used it as a pillow and nuzzling on the whipped cream. Rainbow and Pinkie laughed at that and wanted to take a picture, but one stare from Yabuki, gave the two of them the message and they tried to leave it alone. Yabuki then remembered that he whispered that AK Yearling was in the shop, making her sit up straight and asked excitedly where she was, only to realize that she was tricked and pouted. It was also the same day that Yabuki and the rest of the Rainbooms found out that Twilight also happens to be a huge fan of the Daring Do series, which got her and Rainbow to bond a lot.

Yabuki told her she didn’t need to do it again, but she was persistent. Which was actually cute.

‘maybe after that,” thought Yabuki, “I can take her to the planetarium. Afterwards, the library to see if any of her favorite books are there. Afterwards, some well-deserved lunch at her favorite fast food place. And finally, the Amusement Park.”

He soon stopped in front of Twilight’s house. He noticed that some of the light were on, realizing that her parents are up first. Twilight once told him that her parents wake up early to start out the day before going to work. He walked toward the door and took a deep breath, and breathed out slowly.

He knocked on the door gently, and not too rough, just right…if he remembered well what Twilight said about her folks. Soon the door opened, revealing Twilight’s mom, Twilight Velvet.

“Yes?” she asked once she answered the door. She then noticed Yabuki standing there, waving. Twilight Velvet smiled and said “Oh, Yabuki. So nice to see you again.”

“Good to see you too Mrs. Velvet.” said Yabuki ‘say, is Twilight around?”

And standing next to her was her husband, Night Light, giving him a look and asked “She’s still busy in the bathroom then getting dressed. Why?”

Yabuki knew better than to lie to anyone, especially to Twilight’s parents. He looked back to notice that no one was watching, then looked at them and said “Mind if we talk in private?”

The two of them wondering what was going, but allowed him the chance to explain whilst they stepped outside and closed the door behind them.

Yabuki explained to them what happened yesterday. How Twilight and Sunset popped by at his place, but Twilight was an emotional wreck. Twilight told them That Timber Spruce broke up with her, and before Valentine’s day no less. So Sunset asked him to spend some time with her during Valentine’s day so that she wouldn’t be alone, and none of her friends could be there for her because they’re too busy spending time with their valentines. Sunset asked him because the only reason for that was because they trust him and that he was always there for them when they needed help from time to time.

After his story, he concluded “And that’s what happened.”

Both parents were surprised. Velvet held her mouth closed with both her hands whilst Night Light was just as surprised.

“Oh, my poor baby.” said Velvet as she slightly teared up.

“No wonder she looked a bit off when Shining Armour brought her home.” said Night Light.

“And you wanted to spend some time with her?” asked Velvet.

“No one should be alone on Valentine’s day.” said Yabuki “Whether its one’s true love, or a friend.”

Night Light was again suspicious and asked “And what do you plan on doing for her?”

“Well, I was thinking of buying her a pancake breakfast because she’s nuts about Pancakes. Especially with strawberries and whipped cream.” said Yabuki.

Velvet shrugged and said ‘twilight does love those specific kind of pancakes.”

“And after that I was planning to take her to the planetarium.” said Yabuki ‘then when it’s lunch time, I’d like to take her to her favorite fast food place called burger frenzy. They make the best burgers because of their juicy side, and their garlic fries are to die for. She goes nuts for that stuff.”

Night Light then wondered out loud ‘so that’s why she always orders them every two weeks whenever she works at her lab.”

“And uh…” said Yabuki as he rubbed the back of his head “That one time I snuck it into Canterlot High during lunch hours.”

The said parents looked at him with flexed eyebrows, as he said “What, do you have any idea how many times Twilight forgets to take her lunch whenever she does extra homework that’s greatly unnecessary.”

“Huh,” wondered Velvet “He’s not wrong there.”

“And afterwards?” said Night Light as he took a closer look at her.

‘then to the amusement park,” said Yabuki “I figured she could use a little excitement in order to forget her troubles a bit. And what better place to help forget your problems is a fun time at the park.”

“And?” said Night Light as he looked at him right in his face with a flexed eyebrow.

“And uh…” said Yabuki as he nervously smiled with a hint of sweat “Bring her back home before seven?”

Night Light blinked in surprise as Yabuki said “I always go home before seven whenever I’m out in the city, so my mom made sure to remind me not to forget my curfew, hence why I have a routine on my weekly basis.”

Both Night Light and Twilight Velvet looked at one another, with Night Light closing his eyes, a smile on his face and nodded in approval. Velvet also smiled and looked at Yabuki.

“Alright then,” said Velvet “We’ll allow it.”

Yabuki sighed in relief, whilst Night Light called out ‘Twiley, you have a guest!!”

“Be down in a sec.” said Twilight as she had just gotten her shoes on. She soon made her way down the stairs and said “Who’s at the…?”

She was surprised to see Yabuki at the entrance, with him smiling and waving to Twilight.

“Oh, Yabuki.” said Twilight “What are you doing here?”

“Well,” said Yabuki “I was hoping if…”

Suddenly, Yabuki suddenly felt a knot on his stomach. This caught him off guard, for he never felt this way before. Whenever he wanted to hang out with her, he was casual and they wanted to hang out. But now here they are, on Valentine’s day of all days, and it for some reason made him nervous. Twilight flexed an eyebrow, causing Yabuki to clear his throat and spoke normally once he took a breather.

“I was hoping, if you weren’t busy,” said Yabuki “That maybe you’d like to hang out for today?”

Twilight smiled and said ‘sure, just let me get Spike and…”

“Actually.” said Yabuki as he stopped her “I was talking about…only the two of us.”

Twilight was caught off guard and looked at Yabuki. She looked at him and wondered what he was planning. But from out of nowhere, Twilight suddenly blushed, but mentally slapped herself back to reality and looked back at him.

“Uh, sure.” said Twilight as she stood near him “What…do you have in mind?”

“Well,” said Yabuki “First I thought it’d be okay that I took you out for breakfast first.”

Twilight was surprised by this. Yabuki wanted to buy breakfast for her first. She lightly blushed again and said “Uh, sure. Okay.”

Velvet couldn’t help but smile and nudged her daughter whilst saying ‘Twiley, it’s clear that he wants to spend some time with you. Give him a chance. You might enjoy it.”

Twilight looked at her mom, then back to her father, who nodded in improvement over this. Twilight looked at Yabuki again, whilst he was feeling nervous at the same time.

“Uh…yeah sure.” was all that Twilight said.

“Great,” said Yabuki as he was excited on the inside ‘shall we go now?”

“Okay,” said Twilight as she quickly went back for her phone, then back downstairs “Alright then, let’s go.”

The two of them soon left and headed for the nearby diner.

“Aw, how sweet that Yabuki wants to cheer her up.” said Twilight Velvet.

“He’s a good young man,” said Night Light ‘makes me wonder why Twiley never paired with him in the first place.”

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Yabuki and Twilight continued their walk down to the diner, with Twilight asking “Are you sure it’s necessary?”

“What?” said Yabuki “You also need to come out every now and then. Plus I thought you could use some cheering up.”

“I know, and I really appreciate it,” said Twilight as she was still feeling a bit nervous “But isn’t this going a bit far?”

“No one should be alone,” said Yabuki as he looked at her “Not even you.”

Twilight was a little surprised about this at first, whilst she also began to feel herself heating up for some reason. The way he was nice to her. It felt strange, but it felt nice too.

“And thus,” said Yabuki as he spotted the diner “Our humble breakfast dining building awaits.”

Twilight flexed an eyebrow and said ‘dramatic much?”

‘sorry,” said Yabuki with a sheepish giggle ‘sometimes I can’t help myself.”

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The two of them were able to find their seats at the booth. Yabuki was able to order for Twilight, which happened to be her favorite pancakes, with strawberries and whipped cream. He decided to have the same.

As they took their coffee and waited for their pancakes, they decided to pass the time with small talk.

‘thanks for bringing me out here for breakfast Yabuki.” said Twilight.

“No problem,” said Yabuki “Figured you could use a change of scenery. Plus it’s been a long time since we talked.”

“Yep,” said Twilight ‘me working on my science projects and you working on your stories. They really exploded.”

“You read some of it?” asked Yabuki.

‘sunset wouldn’t stop talking about it so I got curious.” said Twilight “I’m amazed of how much my counterpart went through back in Equestria.”

“Yeah,” said Yabuki ‘thankfully I didn’t write about the time you and Sunset accidentally shrunk yourselves.”

Twilight groaned and said ‘don’t remind me. I can’t believe things went downhill so fast.”

‘true,” said Yabuki “But why didn’t you even call me? You know I’d help you girls in a heartbeat. Especially since I promised you, I wouldn’t tell the others that you and Sunset shrunk yourselves.”

“And I really appreciate that.” said Twilight “I’m also glad you didn’t tell my parents about this. I would’ve been grounded for a month with no lab time if they had found out.”

“And you also learned a valuable lesson,” said Yabuki ‘don’t ever experiment without supervision, or don’t make yourself a guinea pig without your friends being there to help you.”

He then smirked and leaned backwards against his chair and said “Especially that time when you thought you were inside of a certain someone’s phone when in the meantime you were in a random…”

“Will you stop brining that up!” exclaimed a flustered Twilight as she held her face in embarrassment “How was I supposed to know we weren’t in her phone.”

‘didn’t you see any sci-fi movies like Tron?” said Yabuki “If you were inside her phone, you would’ve been surrounded by binary codes and digital numbers instead of nothingness.”

“Come on,” said Twilight “That’s just made up.”

Yabuki crossed his arms with a flexed eyebrow with a smirk and said “Just as you thought that a dimension filled with magical ponies and your powers and sirens and everything Equestrian Magic related was all made belief?”

Twilight wanted to retort, but then sighed as she said “Point taken.”

“Hey, maybe that’s what I should’ve taken instead of writing Fanfiction stories,” said Yabuki before he took a sip of his coffee “Become a researcher by trying to solve the unsolvable mysteries and the unexplained.”

“You, a researcher?” said Twilight with a flexed eyebrow.

‘says the girl who thought she wouldn’t become popular by performing alongside the Rainbooms and saving the world?” retorted Yabuki.

“Point taken.” said Twilight before she and Yabuki laughed.

Soon their pancakes arrived and were placed on the table. The pancakes were shaped like hearts because of Valentine’s Day. But Twilight was focused on the pancakes instead of its shape. Yabuki could see her mouth was already watering, which he couldn’t help but chuckle at that.

‘mmm,” mumbled Twilight as she took a bite out of her pancake, and used her other hand to hold her left cheek as she enjoyed the sweetness of the pancake “This tastes so good.”

Yabuki ended up smirking and said “Just be careful that you don’t fall asleep and use it as a pillow.”

Twilight was then flustered and said “Will you stop bringing that up, I was tired.”

‘true,” said Yabuki “But we told you to take it easy. You were panicking for no reason.”

“I was studying for advance physics.” said Twilight.

“Which turned out to be regular physics.” said the smirking Yabuki “Need I remind you of the mix up schedules you had when you and the others applied for the new school year?”

Twilight blushed and giggled sheepishly, for she does remember that day. “I still can’t believe we got our classes wrong again.” said Twilight before she took another bite out of her pancake, which she couldn’t help but do the same thing as she mumbled from the sweetness of the pancakes.

‘too bad we didn’t make a pancake beard contest when you made a mess of yourself.” said Yabuki “For example.”

Within a split second, Yabuki slammed his face into the pancake, causing Twilight to look at him with a flexed eyebrow as she leaned backwards. But when he got back up, he had a beard made out of whipped cream whilst two pancakes stuck to him like glue on both sides of his face.

“Ho, ho, ho!!” said Yabuki as he pretended to be Santa Clause, then said in a Santa voice “Whoops, wrong holiday.”

Twilight blinked in surprise, then ended up spitting her pancake as she burst in laughter, with Yabuki joining in after he wiped the whipped cream off of his face. Some of the people who watched them thought that it was adorable.

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Shortly after breakfast, they left the diner and continued to walk down the street and headed for the bus station.

‘thanks for the breakfast.” said Twilight as she and Yabuki stood near the bus stop.

“Glad you enjoyed it.” said Yabuki.

‘so where to next?” asked Twilight.

“How does a trip to the planetarium sound?” said Yabuki.

“Oooh,” said Twilight as she got excited ‘sounds exciting, I can’t wait.”

“As long as they don’t ruin it with jokes.” groaned Yabuki.

“Jokes?” said a confused Twilight “What kind of jokes.”

“You know, like ‘Venus, rhymes with…” “said Yabuki before Twilight cut her off.

Twilight groaned and said “I still don’t know why they keep making jokes like that, it’s not even that funny.”

“I know right,” said Yabuki whilst rolling his eyes ‘remember what happened last year when Rainbow came with us on tour?”

He couldn’t help but smirk and said “Although, I kinda did get her good when I got her sent to detention.”

Twilight looked at him surprised and said “That was you?”

“You bet.” said Yabuki “If there’s one thing, I hate more than criticism. It’s hecklers. That and I wanted payback on her for ruining our last tour.”

‘did you have to do that?” said Twilight concerned.

“Well she should also be thanking me.” said Yabuki with a smirk.

‘really?” said a confused Twilight “Why?”

“If she hadn’t been sent to detention,” said Yabuki ‘she wouldn’t have met Soarin.”

“Wait, Soarin was in detention too?” said Twilight surprised “What did he do?”

“He got sent six months detention for doing the most shocking thing that no one thought he would ever do.” said Yabuki.

“What did he do?” said Twilight as she also got curious.

“He got dared into putting a small pair of gold fishes into both Principle Celestia and Vice-Principle Luna’s bras and panties.”

Twilight gawked in shock with wide eyes and her glasses nearly fell off as she couldn’t believe Soarin had done something that drastic.

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Soon, the two of them arrived at the Planetarium. When they entered it looked a lot better than last time.

“Whoa,” said Twilight as she looked around “What happened here?”

“After Rosette Nebula came here for a celebrity appearance,” said Yabuki “They decided to renovate the place, making it look better than ever. They even upgraded the telescope.”

“They did?” asked Twilight.

“That’s right,” said Yabuki “No matter on a sunny or cloudy day, they were able to find a way for anyone to look at the stars, without any interference. They even have a caffeine booth.”

Twilight saw a booth that sells different kinds of caffeine and beverages, along with some souvenirs.

“That’s new.” said Twilight with a flexed eyebrow.

“Yeah, tell me about it.” said Yabuki “Last time they didn’t want to do stuff like that. But they needed to make their money somehow for people from within and out of town.”

‘so, which one are we doing first?” asked Twilight.

Yabuki wanted to say something, but he wanted to make the day special for her on Valentine’s day. He thought about it and said “Actually, since I’m a gentleman here. How about…you make that decision of where to go next.”

Twilight blinked in surprise and asked ‘really?”

“Yeah,” said Yabuki ‘today’s about you, after all.”

Twilight blushed slightly, for she didn’t expect Yabuki to say something like that. She couldn’t help but produce a small smile and looked away. For that was really thoughtful. She thought about what to do, and realized there is something that she always wanted to do.

“I know,” said Twilight as she snapped her finger “I always wanted to check out the Exhibit on Gravitational fields.”

“And I know, just where it is.” said Yabuki as he lead her there.

When they arrived, they were quite amazed to see what it looks like.

(Note to the readers, don’t ask me if I know what it looks like cause I don’t have a clue what it looks like either)

“Wow, this is amazing.” said Twilight with her cute eyes, which Yabuki found adorable. Until Twilight blinked and said “Wait, last time I was here, they didn’t show it next to the statue of Starswirl.”

“That’s cause they moved it.” said Yabuki, gaining Twilight’s attention “They didn’t have enough room to put it on display, so they moved it to a much larger room.”

“How did you know that?”

“Uh, cause like a normal human being I asked?” said Yabuki, making Twilight pout with a deadpanned expression and a flexed eyebrow ‘seriously, didn’t you think about asking one of the staff members where it is, or if they were planning to cancel certain events?”

Twilight wanted to say something as she opened her mouth, blinked in surprised, then groaned whilst slapping her forehead as she didn’t think about that. Yabuki then playfully bumped his hip against her playfully.

“Now come on, let’s go.” said Yabuki, until he pretended that he was being dragged by the power of gravity “I…think…the…gravity of the room…is…dragging…me.”

Twilight couldn’t help but laugh at his goofiness whilst he was pretending to be sucked in, allowing then to continue with their day.

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After they were done, they continued to where the Planetarium show was going to be. But before they entered, Yabuki asked if the Planetarium show was going to be available, which the staff member told them that they are. As they entered, Twilight was surprised to see chairs in there.

“What’s going on here?” asked Twilight.

“They wanted to spice things up a bit here,” said Yabuki as he showed her “Not only did they add these models here, but they’re also going to show the vastness of the universe. with stars from within and beyond the solar system.”

“Oooh, can’t wait.” said Twilight.

“And you don’t have to,” said Yabuki ‘the show starts in about five minutes.”

They soon took their seats with the rest of the audience. They soon watched as the projection and model of their solar system began to do their job and performance. Twilight was fascinated by the stars that was showing, even Yabuki loved it.

“Wow, you were right.” whispered Twilight “They really did an amazing job here.”

‘told you.” whispered Yabuki.

They continued to watch the planetarium show throughout the entire hour. But during the show, Yabuki, without him realizing, held onto Twilight’s hand. This caught her attention as she looked at their hands whilst he affectionately rubbed his thumb against it. She couldn’t help but lightly blush and looked at him. Without him realizing, she did the same, and couldn’t wipe that smile from her face during their time together.

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Soon after the show was over, the two of them took a bus back to the city. Twilight was sitting next to Yabuki as the two of them wait for their next stop.

‘thanks for taking me to the Planetarium today, Yabuki.” said Twilight.

“No problem.” said Yabuki “Glad I could also take you to the telescope so that you could see what was going on.”

“It was fun, especially seeing the Big Dipper and Orion’s Belt.” said Twilight.

Mentioning the Orion’s belt, Yabuki was deep in thought. He couldn’t help but chuckle and said ‘the mentioning of Orion’s belt, kind of reminds me of that one show I watched a while back.”

“What show?” asked Twilight.

‘don’t know if you heard the show called “Class of the Titans”.”

Twilight flexed an eyebrow and said “No, I never even heard of it.”

“It was a show I watched when I was a little kid,” said Yabuki “Basically it was about seven kids who were related to some of the heroes during the Greek era. The kids, being related to Jason, Hercules, Odysseus, Artemis, Achilles, Theseus and Narcissus, were called together to fight against the Titan Cronos and his minions in order to stop him from taking over the world.”

“I see,” said Twilight ‘so what does Orion’s Belt have to do with it?”

‘there was an episode about Orion.” said Yabuki ‘the story was he and the huntress Artemis were lovers, but also very competitive. They never backed out of any challenge. Then one day, a stranger made a challenge for both of them. One that could hit a moving target with an arrow, the other attempting to dodge it whilst trying to swim away. In the end, one succeeded and the other failed. Artemis realized too late that the one she shot was the love of her life, Orion. In order to save him, she placed him among the stars. And every night, she would look up at the sky and miss him every day.”

Twilight was surprised by this kind of story.

“When Cronos brought him back,” said Yabuki “He wanted payback for what happened. But the one related to Artemis fought him. But during the conflict, she was able to talk to him that Artemis killed him by accident, telling him that Artemis still loved him, and that she never fell in love with anyone else. Orion, even though he was mad at Artemis, he knew better than anyone that she couldn’t resist a challenge, and neither could he. In the end he realized that it was time that they learned to resist any challenges and that they needed to let go of the pain of their pasts. He told her to tell Artemis that he misses her too. And now that he was at peace, he returned to the stars where he could live in peace.”

He looked at her and said “It proved that love can be stronger than a simple challenge. That’s why I love CHS so much. And how I got to care for everyone in it, even you and the rest of the Rainbooms, that’s how I was able to resist the Dazzling’s control, because love can be strong, it’s how I cheered up Princess Twilight. And why I developed a love for mythology at the same time.”

Twilight pondered over this. She remembered that even after she turned into Midnight Sparkle, he was the first one to go to her and give her a hug, to show her that he had forgiven her and that there was no need to be afraid, which made her happy. Twilight couldn’t help but smile and grasped her left hand and placed it against her chest.

‘so, uh…” said Twilight as she thought of something, then looked at Yabuki and asked “Where do we go next?”

“Well,” said Yabuki as he thought about it “How does “Burger Frenzy” sound?”

Twilight slowly gasped and smiled widely whilst holding both her cheeks.

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The two of them soon arrived at Burger Frenzy. The place was quite packed, but thankfully they were able to find a proper place for them to sit down and have their food.

The chocolate shakes were the best, especially the juiciness of the burger and the taste of the garlic fries.

Twilight took a bite out of her burger, and murmured the great taste of it. “This truly is the best.”

“And the garlic fries are just as awesome.” said Yabuki as he took a bite out of the fry.

‘thanks for bringing me here, Yabuki,” said Twilight ‘these burgers are always to die for.”

“Not to mention they’re great comfort food and it’s also your cheat day.” said Yabuki. Twilight flexed her eyebrow whilst she was pouring some extra sauce in it as he said “What, we all know that every month you set up a special day for you to eat whatever you want to, whilst the rest of the days you try to maintain a balanced diet. You even bragged about it during lunch hour.”

“Oh right,” said Twilight as she sheepishly giggled whilst she held onto her burger whilst muttering “I really gotta stop doing that.”

But the moment she took a bite out of her burger, she accidentally ended up spewing the burger’s ketchup all over Yabuki’s face, taking him by surprise whilst he blinked a few times.

Twilight gasped at this and said “Oh my gosh I’m so…!!!”

Twilight dropped her burger in a panic, but Yabuki was able to catch her burger before it splattered.

“Careful,” said Yabuki as if he was a mother figure ‘the burgers can be really messy. I don’t want the grease to stain your clothes.”

Twilight was a little surprised by this as she didn’t expect him to respond to that. Yabuki grabbed the wet cloth in order to wipe the sauce off of his face. As he was halfway done, Twilight suddenly got up and walked over to him.

“Here, let me help.” said Twilight as she took the cloth and wiped the sauce off of his face.

She continued to try and clean his face. However, when Yabuki took a good look at her, he realized that her face was close to his. He couldn’t help but lightly blush, for with or without her glasses. She looked really beautiful.

“Uh…thank you.” said Yabuki as he slowly held onto her hand holding the cloth.

Twilight noticed him holding her hand again. But this time, she could see his face was slightly blushing too.

Twilight ended up slowly blushing herself as they continued to stare at one another. Things were silent all around them as they kept looking at one another. Twilight slowly stood up and felt nervous.

“Um…let’s finish up, okay?” said Twilight.

“Uh, sure.” said Yabuki.

The two of them continued to eat their food whilst Twilight was lost in thought.

“What’s wrong with me?” said Twilight from within her own thoughts “Why am I suddenly having feelings for him, I just went through a breakup. He couldn’t feel the same for me…could he?”

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After the awkward lunch at the Burger Frenzy, Twilight and Yabuki left and were silent for a few moments.

‘so uh,” said a blushing Twilight as she felt nervous “What else did you have in mind?”

“Well…there’s still the trip to the Amusement Park…” said Yabuki “If you’re…you know, up for it?”

“Oh yeah, uh…sure.” said Twilight.

In both their minds, they were face palming one another, for now things were getting awkward between them.

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Soon enough, both of them arrived at Equestria Land. And thankfully Vignette allowed the Rainbooms a free VIP pass to make up for her past misdeed, so Twilight would be able to use it again for just in case.

“I still can’t believe that Vignette gave you a VIP pass to the amusement park.” said Yabuki “You’re really lucky.”

“It’s not luck.” said Twilight as the two of them walked ‘she gave it to us as a way to apologize for using us and trapping us.”

“In her phone?” said Yabuki in a sneaky manner and a smirk on his mouth.

“What did I just say?!” exclaimed the embarrassed Twilight once more.

‘sorry,” laughed Yabuki “I can’t help it, it’s just too funny!!!”

Twilight grumbled in embarrassment and continued to walk alongside Yabuki, despite the embarrassing comment.

Soon the two of them began to enjoy their time there. They rode on the bumper cars together, with Twilight laughing and trying to avoid him at the same time, with Yabuki laughing as he was about to catch up with her. Then they rode on the roller coaster, which Twilight panicked and held onto him, whilst he did the same to make sure that she was safe. Then they rode on the spinning swings, which they thought was enjoyable. Afterwards, they tried several arcade games, which they decided to compete against one another, analysis vs. skills. It was a lot of fun, although Twilight didn’t want to do the ring toss, not since what both Flim and Flam made them go through. He understood well, so he made sure that they weren’t around in order for them to continue without any distractions.

The sun was slowly setting, and a reason too, for it was nearly 5PM, which meant that they can take one more ride, before having to go back home. Which Yabuki promised to take Twilight back before 7PM, because if he didn’t, he’d be a dead duck and he didn’t want to get on Twilight’s parents” bad side.

“Oooh, how about the Ferris Wheel.” said Twilight as she pointed at the said ride. “I always wanted to ride on that.”

‘sounds good.” said Yabuki as he and Twilight made their way to the Ferris Wheel.

The two of them soon climbed onto the seats of the Ferris Wheel and sat down. Soon the ride began and they were slowly enjoying the view.

“You know,” said Yabuki “Out of all the rides we’ve been on, I like the Ferris Wheel.”

“You do?” asked Twilight.

“Yeah,” said Yabuki ‘to quote from a movie I once saw, “They say that the moment you reach the top, you can see your whole life in front of you”. I always like to take that lesson to heart, thinking about what the future is going to be like.”

Twilight looked at it and she had to admit, he did have a good point. When she saw the top, she began to think of what she went through, sometimes the bad, but always the good side too. Going to CHS, gained great friends, accepted the magic inside of her, and more importantly, saved so many people. Even though she didn’t like to be called a superhero, but Rainbow did have a point. They did save so many lives. Though sometimes she felt guilty because she felt responsible for what happened during the games, she, like Sunset, continued to try and make amends for them. For her, life was really good.

When all of a sudden, the moment that they were on top, the Ferris Wheel suddenly jerked to a stop, surprising the two of them.

“Ladies and gentleman,” said the conductor “Apologies for the convenience. The Ferris Wheel appears to have an electrical malfunction. We will have it fixed within two hours. Again, we apologize for any convenience.”

Twilight groaned and said “Great, looks like we’re stuck here.”

“But on the plus side we get to watch a beautiful sunset.” said Yabuki.

Twilight realized that he may have a point, for even though they’re temporarily stuck, they did get the best seat in the house for a sunset.

“You have to admit,” said Yabuki as he and Twilight watched the sunset ‘the sunset’s always great. The orange hue always gives off a beautiful color.”

“It really does.” said Twilight.

They continued to look at the beautiful sunset. But as they watched, Twilight suddenly felt sad again and looked down. This gained Yabuki’s attention and he was really concerned for her.

“You, okay?” asked Yabuki.

Twilight sighed and said “I still can’t get Timber out of my mind. We had a great time together, and we tried to keep a stable relationship since Camp Everfree. I just don’t know what went wrong.”

She sighed whilst looking away, saying “I wished the breakup never happened in the first place.”

Yabuki felt bad for her, for in fairness, Timber was Twilight’s first crush. To be dumped by your first crush is never great. He knows that better than anyone.

“Look, I’m not gonna lie.” said Yabuki ‘some relationships never last. In a way it’s always going to hurt. It’s hard to maintain a relationship too. Some aren’t that lucky to have that perfect relationship that can last since childhood. Cause maybe what happened is a sign.”

‘sign?” muttered Twilight as she partially looked away.

“Yeah,” said Yabuki “If your relationship with Timber lasted, maybe fate wants you to be together. But if it doesn’t, maybe he’s just not the one for you.”

Twilight lowered her eyes in sadness.

But Yabuki continued “Besides, you don’t need someone like him. You’re ten times better than anyone. With your brainy nature, you can still find love interests. Sometimes love has a habit of kicking you in the face. Sometimes we just gotta look for it when we least expect it. No science and let nature run its course.”

Yabuki looked head and said “I think that’s also the reason why I had a crush on you.”

Twilight blinked in surprise and looked at him. “What?” muttered Twilight.

“I…kinda had a crush on you since you came to CHS after the Friendship Games.” said Yabuki “You’re smart, you’re brave, you’re sweet and kind. Heck, you sometimes give me a run for my money whenever I tend to try to be smart too. And sometimes whenever the timing is right, you’re really funny.”

He suddenly blushed a bit and said “Also…I think you’re beautiful…with and without the glasses.”

Twilight pondered by what he said whilst her blush deepened. She knew he was right, that sometimes not everyone can mix well when it comes to romance. But when he was with her during the entire day. She had to admit, she had fun with him. And she didn’t feel alone. Out of instinct, Twilight slowly held onto his hand, gaining Yabuki’s attention as he looked at her.

Twilight’s blush on her face deepened, whilst looking into his eyes. The two of them kept staring. And without thinking and without hesitation, both of them slowly moved towards one another. And within a few seconds, from the shine of the sunset, Twilight and Yabuki’s lips engaged, sealing their evening with a kiss. They held that kiss for a minute, until they separated and looked at one another, whilst at the same time, they began to smile.

“You want to know how the day is?” said Yabuki.

“Yeah.” said Twilight as they both thought of the same thing.

“Perfect.” they responded whilst they slowly hugged one another and admired the sunset.